vomer (redirected from vomerine)

vomer /vo·mer/ (vo´mer) [L.] the unpaired flat bone that forms the inferior and posterior part of the nasal septum. vo´merine

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vo·mer (vmr)

n.

A thin flat bone of trapezoidal shape that forms the inferior and posterior portion of the nasal septum and articulates with the sphenoid and ethmoid bones, the two maxillae, and the two palatine bones.

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vomer·ine (-m-rn) adj.

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vomer (vōˑ·mer),

n the thin plow-shaped bone of the skull that forms the anterior and posterior parts of the nasal septum.

Vomer.

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vomer (vō´mr),

n the single facial bone that forms the posterior portion of the nasal septum.

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vomer

a bone forming part of the nasal septum. See also Table 10.